We live in the patriarchal dream. With all that has happen in the last two weeks, it's made me think. Is the dream that I have created worth it? In four short years I will be at the forefront of the patriarchal dream. However I do not do it for the "...pursuit of power, production, prestige, and "accomplishment" (Johnson 21). I want to be part of this changing time. I want to protect those I love. Have I want to have some kind of impact of this world. I have not lost my feminine values. Even if I become part of the Air Force, it will not stop me from a nurturing and loving those around me. I have Balance in my life. But I'm still lost. Johnson said that, "Most of us cry out for meaning in life." (12) After the World Trade disaster realized that we (Untied States) was no longer invincible. The Western world now has a cause to fight back. Another reason to clutter are minds. War is what the crumbling of the World Trade center symbolizes. I can't say what is going to happen next, for sure. What I do know is that this "patriarchal" society won't take it lying down. This is there Cause to back. It is a reason to forget what your life means. People will die the coming months, many never knowing what their life meant. As much as I want to serve my country I want to find purpose in my life. Not a cause of a person to make happy, it has to be something deeper than that. I have to find meaning within myself. This may sound a little crazy, but let me try to explain. I am not looking to find love from another person. I am looking to find what makes me a better person. What completes my soul. At this point in my life serving my country is what I think will make me better person. I never wanted to see something like the World Trade Center disaster. Innocent people lost their life. I've been told that is the toll of war. I want to find a better way then to kill just to prove a poin...